Example sentences of "[adv] the [num ord] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sit with your feet and legs apart — do not over-extend the distance — it defeats the purpose of the exercise and you will find you wo n't be able to walk properly the next day ! |
| 2 | Thus it came about that sealed bids were invited , to be opened by the treasurer at 1 pm. the first day of the Sale . |
| 3 | But when he realized by late afternoon that none of the farmers at Casterbridge wanted a farm manager , or even a shepherd , he decided to try his luck at another fair the next day . |
| 4 | So the first day of the week was dubbed the Day of Resurrection , the Day of the Lord — and the first Christians gathered for worship on that day . |
| 5 | So the first day had passed uneventfully . |
| 6 | So the first day finished with me lying sleepless , listening to that familiar music coming from below as it had years before , the jazz records my mother used to play . |
| 7 | So the last day was going to be a test . |
| 8 | So the next day , I went to see Stevie Ray , playing with his band . ’ |
| 9 | So the next day my master and his daughter got on their huge horse . |
| 10 | So the next day she decided to ask his advice . |
| 11 | So the next day it was Sa Saturday er Saturday morning we went to Jameson er can I call that that shop ? |
| 12 | On the Tuesday his American boss had a practice round in the morning , practised for a couple of hours , pronounced himself satisfied and arranged to meet Froggy at ten o'clock the next day . |
| 13 | The truth was that I did n't know how to effect such an aim , and if I found myself eating any more than the minimum — that is , enough for me to remain undetected by the authorities-I considered myself guilty of backsliding , and had to punish myself by eating even less the next day or at the next meal . |
| 14 | She had brought detective novels and thrillers and cursed her hectic reading speed : only the second day and she was half-way down the pile . |
| 15 | To Sara , more hard-pressed than ever at Lime Street , the intellectual and emotional sympathy binding Coleridge and Dorothy must have been both apparent and distressing , even if Dorothy , in De Quincey 's words , was a woman possessing ‘ no personal charms ’ : on only the second day of the visit Coleridge and Dorothy were occupied together correcting his poems for the new edition while Sara was left to carry the domestic burdens of the teeming cottage . |
| 16 | And this is only the second day ! |
| 17 | It 's only the first day ’ |
| 18 | It was wonderful , the shops were excellent , it was only the first day of our holiday and I had spent most of my money . |
| 19 | I realized suddenly that that was why lovers always feel the need to sleep together after making love , and to rest and be together the next day . |
| 20 | The organisers had to pay the travel bill of the poverty-stricken Fijians and , until literally the first day of the tournament , no-one knew whether the Russians would turn up or not . |
| 21 | And even if your Centre does n't have the part you need , if they order it from our National Parts Centre before 3.30pm , provided it 's in stock , it will be delivered to any Centre in the mainland by 10.30am the next day . |
| 22 | She made some tea , she told me afterwards and stayed and stayed and stayed and he lived at Prindon and his mother was very very deaf and my mother got worried because he was going away the next day and she said to him , Len do n't you think you ought to spend the evening with your mother and he said , yes , I 'll go now and he ran off and he ran back again and he said , you do n't mind if I write to Ivy do you ? |
| 23 | After only a short while ashore the next day at Vibebukta , we were recalled by the ship 's hooter . |
| 24 | Anyway the next day they were on the er if machine is not clean when I come in then I should not run as I did not run this morning for four hours as I might as well come in on Saturday morning and clean them myself So she in . |
| 25 | Anyway the next day Brocklesby is berthing and I can see the captain pointing at me , my hem was showing my petticoat was showing my hat off and afterwards I said to him erm what was so funny oh he said I was telling the Queen about you having those weeds for the rehearsal yesterday and she thought it was terribly funny |
| 26 | It 's not just the last day of term … it 's the last day of school … and that means lessons on the floor because the furniture 's gone . |
| 27 | At 5am the next day , doctors had awoken Mr Taylor and his wife Joanne to tell them their son had had a heart attack and suffered severe brain damage . |
| 28 | After the ‘ woodshed ’ rehearsal , and usually the next day , comes the second ‘ run through ’ , followed by a full dress rehearsal timed to end about half an hour before the production hits the network . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's near the colonnade — but I 'm afraid it wo n't be in action until the first of May — or possibly the last day in April , ’ he supplied . |
| 30 | My parents had stayed over in Middlesbrough that night and they were taking me home the next day . |